As Joyce Vance reminds us,
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Dave Goldsmithreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
If you have to lie to make your case you have no case.
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aprilfolliesreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy My mother and I were discussing this just a couple of hours ago, and she said bitterly, “Back in the 1800s they accused Italian immigrants of spreading polio.”
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to aprilfollies last edited by
@aprilfollies Yes, these kinds of rumors just abound when minority groups are targeted, and newly arrived immigrants have always been a big target for white supremacist xenophobes. The really sad thing is that Trump and Vance and Republicans in general would not be spreading these toxic lies if they didn't know that they work with way too many Americans.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Dave Goldsmith last edited by
@Dave_Goldsmith Precisely. And a fortiori when you're claiming that the case is a moral one.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Alarod last edited by
@Alarod So it appears — as Trump's epigone Kellyanne Conway informed us, there are facts and then there are "alternative facts."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to nanowiz last edited by
@nanowiz I agree. I think we're likely to see more and more violence of different sorts as they work to roil their already enraged and dangerous base, and as they embrace neo-Nazis who are all about violence.
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JonChevreaureplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy A ninny?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Alarod last edited by
@Alarod I once kept a folder of Republican male faces for a while — conspicuously enraged faces (think Lindsey Graham snarling as he tried butching it up when Kavanaugh's suitability for the Supremes was questioned, or Kavanaugh's own twisted enraged scowl). I finally gave that up because there were just so many! It's their look now, a look they cultivate.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Urban Camera last edited by
@uc Yes, absolutely. And this wouldn't happen if way too many Americans didn't have a large appetite for toxic lies.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to caseyjonesed last edited by
@caseyjonesed I do, too.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to JonChevreau last edited by
@JonChevreau I think that's perhaps not the N word Wajahat Ali had in mind.
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xs4me2replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Well if it quakes like a duck…
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mori_au 🇦🇺replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @Dave_Goldsmith Trump is exceedingly best at making a posteriori noises
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Alarodreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Nutjobs? I’ve all ready been doing that.
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JonChevreaureplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy A ne’erdowell?
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lachlanreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy From somebody not in the US, who can't do anything about the election and shouldn't be forced to live with it like a constant soap opera, thank you for responsible tagging.
I do dip toes to check on the yanks here (switch my filter to 'warn' not 'hide') and there, but it's way better for my mental health when I can filter posts like this out.
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SoGeneris for Harris/Walzreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy He’s letting the militias know he’s practicing psyops.
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Runyan50replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Why is instigating violence legal in the US? That is not the kind of country I want to live in.
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Runyan50replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy He added the Springfield attack at the instant he knew he was losing the debate. Distractions galore.
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Dhyan Nada :vegananarchism:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
This attempt of damage limitation can't save Vance from being accused of inciting hatred in the worst manner imaginable. His lie is easily comparable with historic hate campaigns against Jews spreading rumours of them poisoning wells or murdering Christians to use their blood for religious rituals.
Pogroms against minorities have regularily been the outcomes of arousing aggressive emotions for political gains. In Germany the AfD is spreading hateful rumours against migrants and refugees with the effect that PoC aren't safe on the street anymore or their shelters are to be attacked by arsonists.
So hopefully this helps to weaken #Trump and #Vance so much that there won't be a worst case scenario of real fascism rearing its ugly head in the US.